Two Nigerian men have been arrested by the Cambodian authorities for allegedly smuggling one kilo of cocaine into Cambodia.

Okoro Chukwuka Boniface, 28, and Obiora Dozie Frank, 33, were caught by anti-drug police officers on Thursday in Phnom Penh after they imported the illicit drug from Colombia.

The suspects hid the drug in a box of fake jewelry and sent it to Cambodia via DHL shipping company. Some 189 packs of cocaine, totally weighing 1 kilogram were confiscated from the two suspects.

Cambodia has no death sentence, under its law, but a person who traffics more than 80 grams of drug will face life imprisonment.